Meaning & use

amaze

verb·Everyday

To fill someone with great surprise, wonder, or astonishment.

See it in a sentence

The magician's final trick amazed everyone sitting in the audience.

It always amazes me how quickly young children manage to learn new languages.

A note on using this word

Amaze is commonly used in the passive, as in 'I was amazed,' or with an impersonal subject, as in 'it amazes me that...'

Words with a similar meaning

astonishastound

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Words with an opposite meaning

bore

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